Carbonator.



L. M.- KEELER & J. RAMPP.

GARBONATOR.

APPLICATION FILED NOV120, 1908.

930,189. Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

M QMM N W M mumm I a j l 1N IED STATES PATENT {)FFICE. LOUIS MINTON KEELER, OF SOARSDALE, AND JOHN RAMPP, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CARBON ATOR.

Application filed November 20, 1908.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909. Serial No. 463,596.

To all whom it may conce n: l tion. Fig. 3. shows a bottom view of one of e it known that we, Louis MINToN the distributing chambers. Fig. 4. shows KEELER and JOHN RAMPP, citizens of the a central cross section of the same.

United States, respectively, at

Scarsdale, Westchester county, New York, 1 ratus.

and New York city, New York county, New B shows the gas chamber or column.

York State, have invented certain new and C shows the cap of the gas column B.

useful Improvements in Carbonators for D shows the liquid inflow pipe.

Liquids, of which the following is a specifi- E shows the gas inflow pipe.

cation. F shows the pipe for the combined inflow Our joint invention relates to carbonators of liquid and gas closed at its bottom. I

for charging liquids with carbonic acid gas. G. G. G. show distributing chambers into The object of our joint invention is to prowhich pipe F discharges liquid and gas.

duce'a carbonating apparatus wherebyliquid shows short distributing pipes secured is thoroughly carbonated, the air is sepain the bottom of chambers G, having very rated freely and perfectly from the liquid ne openings in them.

and ascends I shows a valve at the top of column B to discharge air when desired.

J shows a valve to draw ofl' carbonated I liquid from the liquid chamber A.

T shows casing around chambers G to the action of said gas, also to introduce the keep the jets of liquid from one chamber liquid into the carbonator chamber from the i from contacting with the jets from the other upper part, and in a downward direction, chambers. whereby the air ascends to the top of the The operation of our joint invention is as chamber, and remains there until discharged, follows: Liquid and carbonic acid gas are adbecause the air is lighter than the carbonic mitted to pipe F from pipes D and E, where acid gas. Also to force the liquid into a they miX and flow downward to the chammixing pipe with the inflow of carbonic acid I bers G, where they issue together into column gas and both together into the carbonator B through the fine distributing pipes H in chamber through chambers, from the botfine individual streams the length of each pipe being sufficient to give direction to said streams, and prevent the liquid from flowing from the openings in films in contact with metal surfaces, and as liquid which flows from a pipe opening vertically downward is of smaller diameter each degree of descent, the streams never contact with each other, but are at all times exposed to the carbonic forth in the following specification and acid gas and become thoroughly carbonated claimed at the end thereof. and fall into chamber A, from whence it is In order that those skilled in the art to drawn off through valve J and air which has which our joint invention appertains may accumulated in the top of column B is drawn understand, construct and use our joint moff through valve I when desired. vention, we will proceed to describe it refer- By this our joint invention the liquid is ring to the accom anying drawings forming I first mixed with carbonic acid gas in pipe F, part of this speci cation, in whichwhile the air in the liquid is still in it, but Figure 1. shows an elevation of our inven- I when the liquid issues from distributing tion. Fig. 2. shows a central vertical secpipes H the gas has more or less perfectly tion of Fig. 1, with the central inflow pipe mixed with the liquid and taken the place of and distributing chambers, shown in eleval the air so that the air being lighter than the through directing pipes which separate the liquid into fine individualized streams, and prevent the fine streams of liquid from concentrating again after leaving the distributing nozzles.

To this end our joint invention consists in certain elements and combinations fully set A shows the liquid chamber of the appaumn B and the liquid partially .bena rachamb ranlen a geme t o en argeme carbonic acid gas escapes to the carbonated issues in fine streams into column B and is further charged with or absorbs gas before it drops into chamber A, and this takes place more readily has beenso finely divided and exposed onall sides of the individualized streams to the gas.

An important advantage which accrues from our apparatus is that the air is never disturbed after it has separated from the liquid by the incoming liquid, as in other apparatus. The generalpracticeis to discharge"- the water to be carbonated directly into the ir. tt t p. fthencarhenat @Having, now fully described our j oint inby Letters Patent is an appa atusi o c rbon i g iq e eqrabii a lo ics ti g f a r rbo r chamber; a combined inlet for, gas and liquid, at its top; aconduit depending iIl Q-said carfr 'III said, inlet, pipe, havetwe l top of colfrom the fact thattheliquid q November- ,908.

its upper and lower ends, and provided with small discharge pipes in theirbottom surfaces, whereby the liquid which enters the car- .bonator, is discharged .only. ,thrgugh said small pip es in fine streams as,and forthe purposes specified.

2- n an ppar t s for. carbonating liquid in a closed hamber,

the combination with the combined gas and liquid inlet pipe, of a series of chambers as circumferential enlargements. ofsaid inlet pipe, andv provided with exit pipes in the base of said chambers, the

lower chambers having circumferential rims extending below the under surface of said chambers, as and, for,;,tl1e1purpQsesispeeified. J11 esti onycw ere e ha s gned our l a tothi rspe 'fiw ionthe presence of WQ: sub erih ngv -W. t .1es h s ;:1 hsl y Of LOUIS MIN'TON' O R al :1

Witnesses:

JOHN A. HroKs, LI COL A. S EWA 

